The Linux Manuals (man pages) document is an important part of Linux documents. Linux Manuals are organized as several sections. Each section has a group of commands for a specific area in Linux usage, administration or development.
NAME getmail_mbox – read a message from stdin and deliver to a named mboxrd-format mbox file with fcntl-style locking. SYNOPSIS getmail_mbox [OPTION] PATH DESCRIPTION Deliver a mail message from standard input, to the mboxrd-format mbox file named PATH. PATH must start with a dot or a slash and must not end with a slash. fcntl-type…
NAME getmail_maildir – read a message from stdin and deliver to a named maildir SYNOPSIS getmail_maildir [OPTION] PATH DESCRIPTION Deliver a mail message from standard input, to the maildir named PATH. PATH must start with a dot or a slash and end with a slash. getmail_maildir uses the SENDER environment variable to construct a Return-Path:…
NAME getmail_fetch – retrieve messages from one or more POP3 or POP3-over-SSL mailboxes and deliver to a maildir, mboxrd-format mbox file, or external MDA SYNOPSIS getmail_fetch [OPTIONS] SERVER USERNAME PASSWORD DESTINATION DESCRIPTION getmail_fetch retrieves messages from POP3 or POP3-over-SSL mailboxes and delivers to a maildir, mboxrd, or external MDA. This command is intended primarily for…
NAME getmail – retrieve messages from one or more POP3, IMAP4, or SDPS mailboxes and deliver to a maildir, mboxrd-format mbox file, or external MDA SYNOPSIS getmail [OPTION] … DESCRIPTION getmail can retrieve messages from POP3, IMAP4, and SDPS mailboxes. SSL-wrapped POP3 and IMAP are also supported. Single-user and domain (multi-drop) mailboxes are supported. getmail…
NAME getlist – Get a list from an NNTP server SYNOPSIS getlist [-AR] [-h host] [-p port] [list [pattern [types]]] DESCRIPTION getlist obtains a list from an NNTP server and sends it to standard output. list may be one of "active" (which is the default value), "active.times", "distrib.pats", or "newsgroups". "active" contains a list of…
NAME getkey – wait until a key is pressed SYNOPSIS getkey [OPTION]… [KEYS] DESCRIPTION getkey waits until one of KEYS is pressed. If KEYS are not specified, any key is accepted. KEYS are matched case-insensitive. EXIT STATUS getkey exits with status 0 if one of the expected keys is pressed. If invalid arguments are specified,…
NAME gethostip — convert an IP address into various formats SYNOPSIS gethostip [-dxnf] [HOSTNAME|IP] DESCRIPTION This manual page documents briefly the gethostip command. The gethostip utility converts the given hostname or IP address into a variety formats. It is provided by the syslinux package to make it easier to calculate the appropriate names for pxelinux…
Name gethead – Print FITS or IRAF header keyword values Synopsis gethead [-hptv] [-d pathname] [-n num] <FITS or IRAF file> kw1 kw2 … kwn Description Print values of the specified keywords from the given image header. By default they are all listed on one line, separated by spaces. The -v flag causes the keyword…
NAME getfattr – get extended attributes of filesystem objects SYNOPSIS getfattr[-hRLP] – n name[-e en] pathname… getfattr[-hRLP] – d[-e en][-m pattern] pathname… DESCRIPTION For each file, getfattr displays the file name, and the set of extended attribute names (and optionally values) which are associated with that file. Per default only attributes in the user namespace…
NAME getfacl – get file access control lists SYNOPSIS getfacl [-aceEsRLPtpndvh] file … getfacl [-aceEsRLPtpndvh] – DESCRIPTION For each file, getfacl displays the file name, owner, the group, and the Access Control List (ACL). If a directory has a default ACL, getfacl also displays the default ACL. Non-directories cannot have default ACLs. If getfacl is…
NAME getent – get entries from Name Service Switch libraries SYNOPSIS getent [option]… database key… DESCRIPTION The getent command displays entries from databases supported by the Name Service Switch libraries, which are configured in /etc/nsswitch.conf. If one or more key arguments are provided, then only the entries that match the supplied keys will be displayed. Otherwise, if no…
NAME geteltorito – an El Torito boot image extractor SYNOPSIS geteltorito <image|device> [-o outputfile] DESCRIPTION geteltorito is a Perl script which extracts the initial/default El Torito boot image from a CD if one exists. It will not extract any of other boot images that are allowed by the El Torito standard. The boot image file…
NAME getdefs – AutoGen Definition Extraction Tool SYNOPSIS getdefs [opt-name[=value]]… All arguments are named options. If no input argument is provided or is set to simply "-", and if stdin is not a tty, then the list of input files will be read from stdin. DESCRIPTION This program extracts AutoGen definitions from a list of…
NAME getconf – Query system configuration variables SYNOPSIS getconf -a getconf [-v specification] system_var getconf [-v specification] path_var pathname DESCRIPTION -a Displays all configuration variables for the current system and their values. -v Indicate the specification and version for which to obtain configuration variables. system_var A system configuration variable, as defined by sysconf(3) or confstr(3)….
Name getcol – Extract specified columns from an ASCII table file Synopsis getcol [-amv][-n num][-r lines][-s num] filename [column number range] Description Extract specified columns from an ASCII table file Options filename Name of a ASCII table file. At least one of these must be present for any values to be printed. If it is…
NAME getcifsacl – Userspace helper to display an ACL in a security descriptor for Common Internet File System (CIFS) SYNOPSIS getcifsacl [-v|-r] {file system object} DESCRIPTION This tool is part of the cifs-utils suite. getcifsacl is a userspace helper program for the Linux CIFS client file system. It is intended to display a security descriptor…
NAME getcert SYNOPSIS getcert request [options] getcert resubmit [options] getcert start-tracking [options] getcert status [options] getcert stop-tracking [options] getcert list [options] getcert list-cas [options] getcert refresh-cas [options] DESCRIPTION The getcert tool issues requests to a org.fedorahosted.certmonger service on behalf of the invoking user. It can ask the service to begin enrollment, optionally generating a key pair to use, it can ask the service…
NAME getcert SYNOPSIS getcert stop-tracking [options] DESCRIPTION Tells certmonger to stop monitoring or attempting to obtain or refresh a certificate. TRACKING OPTIONS -i NAME The certificate was tracked using the request with the specified nickname. If this option is not specified, some combination of -d and -n or -f can be used to specify which…
NAME getcert SYNOPSIS getcert status [options] DESCRIPTION Queries certmonger for a status of a particular certificate request and sets an exit status to reflect that status. SELECTION OPTIONS -d DIR Check that status of a certificate in the named NSS database. Must be specified with the -n option. -n NAME Check that status of a…
NAME getcert SYNOPSIS getcert start-tracking [options] DESCRIPTION Tells certmonger to monitor an already-issued certificate. Optionally, when the certificate nears expiration, use an existing key pair (or to generate one if one is not already found in the specified location), to generate a signing request using the key pair and to submit them for signing to…